The eleventh word of verse (20:72) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A resumption particle and verb. The connective particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. The imperative verb (فعل أمر) is second person masculine singular. The verb's triliteral root is qāf ḍād yā (ق ض ي).

Chapter (20) sūrat ṭā hā (20:72:11) fa-iq'ḍi So decree
REM – prefixed resumption particle V – 2nd person masculine singular imperative verb	الفاء استئنافية فعل أمر

Verse (20:72)

The analysis above refers to the 72nd verse of chapter 20 (sūrat ṭā hā):

Sahih International: They said, "Never will we prefer you over what has come to us of clear proofs and [over] He who created us. So decree whatever you are to decree. You can only decree for this worldly life.

See Also

• English Translations
• Imperative Verbs
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root qāf ḍād yā

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